{"id":12531,"date":"2015-11-24T07:29:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T07:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=12531"},"modified":"2015-11-24T07:29:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T07:29:50","slug":"malimba-band-drummer-gets-k200000-cash-at-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2015\/11\/24\/malimba-band-drummer-gets-k200000-cash-at-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Malimba Band drummer gets K200,000 cash at fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"stanley-jere\"<\/a>Malimba Band drummer Stanley Jere\u2019s fundraising show held at Robin\u2019s Park in Blantyre saw him eke K200,000 in cash.<\/p>\n

Jere said in an interview yesterday that apart from the K200,000 cash, there were also people who made pledges and that with it, the total would hit K500,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank God that the fundraising show went on well, we would have loved to have a huge audience to raise the amount I am looking for but we have made a step,\u201d said the drummer.<\/p>\n

Jere is in dire need of over K4 million to undergo an operation for a knee problem at Beit Cure International.<\/p>\n

He then hailed all the artists who came to support him during the fundraising and performed for free.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy to perform at a show for free but all the artists who performed on the day got nothing and to them I say thank you for their love and support,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Jere said some artists were billed to perform but they were caught up in other assignments hence could not make it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack Missionaries excused themselves from the concert due to assignments in Lilongwe likewise Lulu but they made pledges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Great Angels sent in a representative who gave me K30,000. Some artists however, failed to show up,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

According to him, some of the artists who performed during the fundraising show included Mizu Band, Thocco Katimba, Favoured Martha, Princess Chitsulo, Limbani Simenti and Steve Wazisomo Muliya.<\/p>\n

Due to the knee problem which<\/p>\n

he says developed following an infection, Jere has not been performing for months now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am the bread winner, my family depends on me and music is the career that is giving me money to feed my family. But now with my leg problem I cannot perform,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Jere said he has been to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) for several times where he was told after x-ray that he has a problem of Arthritis.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually I have been visiting QECH because the problem was getting worse and it was then that friends raised some money for me to go to Beit Cure International for consultation,\u201d said the drummer.<\/p>\n

According to the quotation which Jere got at Beit Cure, he is expected to undergo an operation with the first phase costing over K1.7 million with the second phase amounting to over K1.3 million.<\/p>\n

Jere is one of the few left-footed drummers in the country and the knee problem affected the same leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to get back to the stage. For those who would like to assist me, they can contact me on my number 0993612269 or my mother\u2019s number 0999132772,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Jere has performed with several bands in the country and they include Body, Mind and Soul, Mapale, Kaligo Melodies and Lulu\u2019s Mathumela Band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malimba Band drummer Stanley Jere\u2019s fundraising show held at Robin\u2019s Park in Blantyre saw him eke K200,000 in cash. Jere said in an interview yesterday that apart from the K200,000 cash, there were also people who made pledges and that with it, the total would hit K500,000. \u201cI thank God that the fundraising show went […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12533,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12531\/revisions\/12533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}